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Green Mountain Library Consortium

EIN 26-2685328 · Hartland, VT

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong93 out of 100GovernanceFair56 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

The Green Mountain Library Consortium mission is to provide Vermont's libraries with access to goods and services otherwise unattainable through the power of partnerships and collective purchasing. This is summed up in the GMLC's tagline: Vermont Libraries, Working Together.

Income
$374,891
Spending
$341,613
Spent on programs
96%
Reserves
6.3 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 95%
Employees
0
Volunteers
9
Highest pay
$9,364, administrative coordinator

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 74% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 6.3 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 27% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    96% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Fair: 56 out of 100. Higher than 28% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    5 of 5 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    0 of 15

    Reports no written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    6 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (6)
  1. $204,325 spent. Listen Up Vermont (LUV) provides a collection of digital audiobooks and eBooks that GMLC member libraries offer to their patrons to download for free. Our statistics show that from April 30, 2023, to May 1, 2024, LUV patrons checked out 809,440 total digital items consisting of 259,590 eBooks and 506,992 audio books and 42,737 magazines from our collection of 55,174 items. This represents an increase of 10.7% over last year's circulation. As of May 2025, there are 34,628 Vermonters who use the LUV digital library, an increase of nearly 3900 users (or 12.8%) from the previous year.
  2. $58,875 spent. The Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries (VOKAL) is a project of the Green Mountain Library Consortium dedicated to creating a shared catalog and Integrated Library System. We continue to grow - VOKAL now consists of 72 libraries participating in this project.
  3. $21,084 spent. Mango Languages is a digital language learning service - this project is growing every year. There are currently 31 GMLC libraries enrolled in the Mango Languages service with 8667 individual users. From April 2024 to May 2025, there were 9876, representing a 48% increase from last year. Of these, 52% were web sessions and 48% were on mobile devices. The most popular languages were Spanish/Latin American, French, German, and Italian.
  4. $2,124 spent. KitKeeper -- is a statewide service to public libraries that provides a software program that allows libraries with collections of books to share them to other libraries for book groups.
  5. $14,960 spent. Green Mountain Library Consrtium has taken over the funding and management of the statewide Swank streaming movie license. The Swank movie license allows member libraries to access and stream movies.
  6. $26,048 spent. We added a new video streaming service - Biblio+, to meet the increasing demand for streaming content.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since August 2009.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.

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